Letters
Simulation of shock waves at high repetition rate of laser sparks
V. N. Tishchenko, G. N. Grachev, A. I. Gulidov, V. I. Zapryagaev, V. G. Posukh 283–284
Lasers
Broadband lasing and nonlinear conversion of radiation from LiF : F2+ and LiF : F2– colour centre lasers
V. V. Fedorov, P. G. Zverev, T. T. Basiev 285–289
A 400-W repetitively pulsed DF laser
Yu. N. Aksenov, V. P. Borisov, V. V. Burtsev, S. D. Velikanov, S. L. Voronov, V. V. Voronin, A. F. Zapol’skii, G. A. Kirillov, O. I. Kovalenko, V. I. Lazarenko, V. M. Mis’ko, V. M. Murugov, V. D. Selemir, S. N. Sin’kov, Yu. N. Frolov, V. P. Tsiberev, Yu. N. Sheremet’ev 290–292
Control of laser radiation parameters
Effect of inhomogeneities of an active medium on the divergence of radiation from a long-pulse electric-discharge XeCl laser
V. F. Losev, Yu. N. Panchenko 293–297
Multicore fibre laser phase locking by an external mirror
D. V. Vysotskii, A. P. Napartovich 298–302
Two-frequency mode-locked lasing in a monoblock diode-pumped Nd3+:GGG laser
N. V. Baburin, B. I. Galagan, Yu. K. Danileiko, N. N. Il’ichev, A. V. Masalov, V. Ya. Molchanov, V. A. Chikov 303–304
Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma
Efficiency of ablation loading and the limiting destruction depth of material irradiated by a high-power laser pulse
K. S. Gus’kov, S. Yu. Gus’kov 305–310
Low-density absorber—converter in direct-irradiation laser thermonuclear targets
S. Yu. Gus’kov, Yu. A. Merkul’ev 311–317
Laser study of phase changes in the surface layer of porous materials
T. W. Wojtatowicz 318–320
Oxygen ion spectra in a two-elemental laser plasma
M. R. Bedilov, R. T. Khaidarov, G. R. Berdierov, U. S. Kunishev 321–324
Doppler diagnostics of nonstationary mass removal upon laser ablation of biotissues
A. K. Dmitriev, V. N. Kortunov, V. A. Ul’yanov 325–326
Nonlinear optical phenomena
Stimulated Raman scattering of cnoidal waves
V. A. Aleshkevich, V. A. Vyslouh, Ya. V. Kartashov 327–332
Polarisation capture of the wave front of depolarised speckle radiation by a holographic laser mode
V. V. Yarovoi 333–338
Observation of diffraction multifocal radiation focusing
R. R. Letfullin, O. A. Zayakin 339–342
Two-beam coupling on the reflection grating in a Bi12TiO20 crystal
E. Yu. Ageev, S. M. Shandarov, S. Yu. Veretennikov, A. G. Mart’yanov, V. A. Kartashov, A. A. Kamshilin, V. V. Prokof’ev, V. V. Shepelevich 343–345
Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics
Selection of transverse modes in laser cavities containing waveguides and open parts
O. V. Gurin, A. V. Degtyarev, V. A. Maslov, V. A. Svich, V. M. Tkachenko, A. N. Topkov 346–350
A new Faraday rotator for high average power lasers
E. A. Khazanov 351–356
Backscattering amplification of laser radiation in a medium with fluctuations of the imaginary part of permittivity
R. Kh. Almaev, A. A. Suvorov 357–362
Direct detection of singlet oxygen O2(a1 Δg) by absorption at the a1 Δg → b1 Σg+ transition using intracavity laser spectroscopy
V. S. Pazyuk, Yu. P. Podmar’kov, N. A. Raspopov, M. P. Frolov 363–366
Reduction of shot noise in an interference gravitational-wave detector
Yu. V. Troitskii 367–370
UV-VUV excimer emitter pumped by a subnormal glow discharge
A. K. Shuaibov, A. I. Dashchenko, I. V. Shevera 371–372
Temperature dependence of the collision broadening of the 2P1/2 – 2P3/2 line of atomic iodine
M. V. Zagidullin, V. D. Nikolaev, M. I. Svistun, N. A. Khvatov 373–376